j£lla  /sty  /iPafrftocft. 

[From  Missionary  Tidings,  April,  1898.] 

Ella  Marie  Maddock  came  as  a  Christmas 
present  to  her  parents,  December  25,  1865,  at 
Elyria,  O.  She,  together  with  her  parents, 
went  to  New  Jersey  in  1866,  returning  to  Elyria 
a  year  later,  where  she  has  since  resided.  At 
the  age  of  nine  her  father  died,  leaving  her  and 
two  younger  children  to  a  loving  Christian 
mother’s  care,  who,  being  unable  to  work  for  a 
year,  trusted  the  dear  Lord  for  everything. 
When  able,  she  was  obliged  to  go  out  nursing 
to  keejj  her  family  together,  leaving  the  young¬ 
er  brother  and  sister  in  the  care  of  Ella,  who 
was  but  a  child  at  the  time.  Trusting  the  Lord 
to  keep  them  safely,  her  mother  would  be  gone 
for  several  days  at  a  time,  relying  on  the  prom¬ 
ise  “I  will  never  leave  thee,  nor  forsake  thee.” 
Ella  kept  house  and  attended  school,  thus  early 
in  life  beginning  her  work  for  others.  Being 
always  a  great  reader,  she  spent  all  her  spare 
time  in  improving  her  mind. 

In  1884,  while  T.  D.  Garvin  was  holding  re¬ 
vival  meetings,  Ella  gave  her  heart  to  the  Lord, 
and  entered  at  once  into  active  service  in  the 
church,  learning  valuable  lessons  of  discipline 
both  in  the  Endeavor  Society  and  the  Sunday- 
school. 

Two  years  later  she  made  application  to  the 
Lakeside  Hospital,  Cleveland,  O.,  to  study  the 
profession  of  nursing.  She  was  received  and 


took  the  full  course.  At  the  close,  a  diploma 
was  granted  to  her  for  her  efficient  service. 

After  serving  for  several  years  in  her  profes¬ 
sion,  she  became  convinced  that  she  was  not 
giving  that  complete  service  that  was  most  ac¬ 
ceptable  to  her  Lord,  so,  in  January,  1896,  she 
entered  the  Moody  Bible  Institute  in  Chicago, 
to  prepare  for  practical  missionary  work. 

After  a  year  of  Bible  study  and  methods  of 
missionary  work  in  this  excellent  training 
school,  Ella  came  forth  with  the  call  of  her 
Master  ringing  in  her  ears — “Go  ye,  and  tell 
the  story  to  those  who  sit  in  darkness.” 

Joyfully  her  heart  responded  with  a  glad  ’‘I 
will!”  and  from  that  time  she  could  listen  only 
to  the  pleading  moans  of  India’s  perishing 
millions,  and  prayed  that  the  door  might  soon 
be  opened  for  her  to  enter  with  the  Bread  of 
Life. 

In  the  spring  of  189  / ,  she  was  accepted  by 
the  Christian  Woman’s  Board  of  Missions,  to  go 
to  India  as  a  trained  nurse  and  zenana  worker. 

It  was  her  privilege  to  attend  the  great  Na¬ 
tional  Convention  at  Indianapolis,  in  October, 
before  she  left  the  dear  home,  the  loving  friends 
and  the  fair  land  of  her  birth. 

November  16, 1897,  with  heart  throbbing  with 
mingled  joy  and  pain,  she  bade  a  tender  fare¬ 
well  to  her  loved  ones,  and  turned  her  face  to¬ 
ward  the  land  of  the  Orient,  sustained  and 
cheered  by  the  thought  that,  since  she  was 
now  obeying  the  command  of  her  Lord,  to 
“CrO,”  she  could  also  claim  His  tender  promise, 
“And  lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the 
end  of  the  world.”  Mary  J.  Maddock. 

Elyria,  Ohio. 


Published  by  the  Christian  Woman’s  Board  of  Mis¬ 
sions,  152  E.  Market  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  March,  1900. 
One  cent  each  ;  five  cents  per  dozen. 


